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Table 2 Recognition of Mycobacteria epitopes from different host species

From: An analysis of the epitope knowledge related to Mycobacteria

Host Species

No. of B cell Epitope Recognitions

No. of T cell Epitope Recognitions

Total No. of Epitope Recognitions1

Chicken

2

0

2 (0.1%)

Human

220

813

985 (63.6%)

Rabbit

46

0

46 (3.0%)

Rat

0

15

15 (1.0%)

Mouse

107

290

373 (24.1%)

Macaque

8

1

9 (0.6%)

Bovine

12

101

113 (7.3%)

Guinea pig

0

1

1 (0.1%)

Undetermined

3

1

4 (0.3%)

Total

398

1222

1548

  1. 1 The total for Both T and B cell epitopes may differ from the sum of epitopes in each category as some epitopes are recognized by both cell types.